One man is dead after a semi-truck veered off the road in south Edmonton on Monday morning.
The crash happened at around 8 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of Anthony Henday Drive near Gateway Boulevard.
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Police said a 2015 Freightliner semi-trailer veered off the road and through a barbed-wire fence before eventually coming to a stop about 200 metres from the Henday.
Emergency crews performed life-saving efforts on the man driving the semi. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police believe the man suffered a medical episode before the crash.
This is Edmonton’s 30th traffic fatality of 2017.
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